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Page 1: CURRICULUM VITAE Nilton O. Renno · Nilton O. Renno e-mail: renno@alum.mit.edu EDUCATION 1994-1995 Caltech, Pasadena, CA. Research Fellow in Planetary Sciences 1993-1994 LLNL, Livermore,

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CURRICULUM VITAE Nilton O. Renno e-mail: [email protected] EDUCATION 1994-1995 Caltech, Pasadena, CA. Research Fellow in Planetary Sciences 1993-1994 LLNL, Livermore, CA. Postdoctoral Scholar 1992-1993 MIT, Cambridge, MA. Postdoctoral Associate 1986-1992 MIT, Cambridge, MA. Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences 1979-1983 UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil. BS in Civil Engineering EMPLOYMENT 2008-Present Professor, Climate and Space Sciences & Engineering (CLASP), U. Michigan (Also Applied Physics) 2002-2008 Associate Professor, Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences, U. Michigan

2006 Visiting Scholar, Department of Physics (AOPP), University of Oxford, UK 2002-2005 Adjunct Professor, Department of Planetary Sciences, U. Arizona

2001-2002 Associate Professor, Department of Planetary Sciences, U. Arizona 2001-2002 Associate Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, U. Arizona

1995-2001 Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, U. Arizona SERVICE 2017-Present Member, NAS Committee on Strategy to Search for Life in the Universe 2017-Present Member, Advisory Council, Space Physics Research Laboratory 2017-Present Member, Safety Committee, College of Engineering, U. Michigan 2017-Present Member, Department Chair Search Committee, CLASP, U. Michigan 2017-Present Member, Promotion Committee, CLASP, U. Michigan 2017 Chair, European Science Foundation’s Europlanet Review Panel 2017 Member, LPSC Europa Lander Executive Committee 2017 Member, U. Michigan Space Institute Creation Committee 2016-2017 Member Org Committee, Searching for Life Across Space and Time 2016-Present Chief Technology Officer, Intelligent Vision Systems LLC 2016-Present Member, CLASP Strategic Planning Committee 2016-Present Member, CoE Space Center Planning Committee 2016 Member, European Science Foundation’s Europlanet Review Panel 2015-Present Co-Teaching with Donald C. Winter former U.S. Secretary of the Navy 2015-2016 Mentor, Atlanta University Center Dual Degree Engineering Program 2015 Briefed US House of Representative Science Committee Staff 2015 Served on the University of Michigan Faculty Grievance Hearing Board 2015 Briefed COSPAR’s Planetary Protection Panel on behalf of ESF/NRC 2015 Chaired Oral Ph.D. Qualify Examination 2015 Technology Officer, Premier Utility Services LLC 2014-2017 Member, Northrop Grumman’s VAMP Science Advisory Board 2014-2016 Member, College of Engineering's Faculty Grievance Hearing Panel 2014-2015 Member, ESF/NRC Mars Special Regions Review Committee

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2014 Chair, AOSS Ph.D. Qualify Examination Committee 2014 Member, NASA Atmospheric Science Panel 2013-2015 CEO, Electric Field Solutions Inc. 2013-Present Member, AOSS Development Committee 2013-2015 Member, CoE Cross-Departmental Design Committee 2013-Present Member, Advisory Board, Fundação Imprensa 2013 Co-Chair, AOSS Ph.D. Qualify Examination Committee 2012-Present Chair, CLASP Masters Program 2012-Present Director, Master of Engineering Program in Space Engineering 2012 Member, NASA Discovery 2010 Transition Team 2012 Member, NASA Discovery 2010 Downselect Panel 2011-2015 Chief Technology Officer, Electric Field Solutions Inc. 2009-2011 Member, CoE International Programs in Engineering 2007-2011 Member, CoE Multidisciplinary Design Minor Steering Committee 2007-2008 Member, NASA Student Collaboration Program Definition Team 2001-2007 Member, NRC Research Associateship Review Committee 2001-2003 Member, Mars Exploration Rovers Atmospheric Sciences Advisory

Committee 2000-2002 Associate Director, Arizona Space Grant Consortium 2000-2002 Chair, University of Arizona Student Satellite Program Steering Committee 2001-2002 Co-Chair, NASA National Space Grant Student Satellite Program Steering

Committee MEMBERSHIPS (current and past)

American Astronomical Society (AAS) American Geophysical Union (AGU) American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) American Meteorological Society (AMS) Institute of Physics, UK (IOP) International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) American Meteorological Society (AMS) Organisation Scientifique et Technique Internationale du vol a Voile (OSTIV)

MISSION INVOLVEMENT

2011 NASA Mars Science Laboratory Mission, Co-Investigator Phoenix 2007 NASA Mars Scout Mission, Co-Investigator and Lead of the

Atmospheric Science Theme Group ExoMars EDM, Co-Investigator MetNet Mars Missions, Co-Investigator

INVENTIONS Ice-Crystals and Volcanic Ash Hazards Detection System, Patent Pending Aircraft Icing Detector, U.S. Patent No. 9,302,777 B2 Ice and Supercooled Water Detection System, U.S. Patent No. 9,297,755 B2 Ice and Water Detection System, U.S. Patent No. No. 9,304,081 B2 Rotating Electric Field Sensor, U.S. Patent No. 8,536,879

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Prandtl System for Atmospheric Static and Stagnation Pressure Measurements Picosatellite for Electric Field Measurements Balloon Deployment Systems Controller for Atmospheric Vortex Engine

AWARDS (including to students) 2017 University of Michigan Rackham Master’s Mentor Award for “Impressive and

Inspiring mentorship.” 2017 NASA Honors Award “For exceptional technical innovations and execution of

rover surface operations leading to numerous, profound new discoveries about the ancient climate and habitability of Mars” as part of the MSL Extended Mission-1 Science and Operations Team.

2016 Nominated by students to the Golden Apple Teaching Award “Very open and responsive to students and is always ready to give student concerns priority."

2015 Nominated by students to the Golden Apple Teaching Award “Outstanding mentor and takes his OWN initiative to motivate students to succeed.”

2015 Nominated by TV Globo staff to Prêmio Faz Diferença. 2015 NASA Group Achievement Award as member of the MSL Prime Mission

Science and Operations Team "For exceptional technical innovations in rover surface operations leading to significantly improved Mars Science Laboratory prime mission performance and science return."

2013 NASA Group Achievement Award as member of the Curiosity Rover "For exceptional achievement defining the REMS scientific goals and requirements, developing the instrument suite and investigation, and operating REMS successfully on Mars."

2013 The Space Foundation John L. “Jack” Swigert Jr. Award for Space Exploration as member of the Mars Science Laboratory Team “For its aggressive and technologically advanced exploration of another planet.”

2013 The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Foundation's Award for Excellence as member of the Mars Science Laboratory Team "For significant accomplishment in space exploration, inspiring global fascination with space."

2013 The National Aeronautic Association 2012 Robert J. Collier Trophy as member of the Mars Science Laboratory Team “In recognition of the extraordinary achievements of successfully landing Curiosity on Mars, advancing the nation's technological and engineering capabilities, and significantly improving humanity's understanding of ancient Martian habitable environments.”

2012 Time Tech’s Best Invention of the Year as member of the Curiosity Mars Rover Team

2012 President's Postdoctoral Fellowship to Christine Hartzell 2012 National Academies Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy

Graduate Fellowship to Chase Estrin 2011 Named Ambassador of the "Município de São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil."

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2010-2011 Monroe-Brown Foundation Research Excellence Award “For his many accomplishments as a multidisciplinary scientist that include being the leader of the Phoenix Mars Mission’s Atmospheric Science Theme Group that found liquid water on Mars; his work with dust devils that has led to his invention of miniature field sensors used in climate studies; and his outstanding work with both undergraduate and graduate students. Nilton’s Mars atmospheric research has brought him international recognition in both the theoretical and experimental communities.”

2010 Finalist to the University of Michigan Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize 2009 NASA Group Achievement Award as member of the Phoenix Project Science

Development Team “For outstanding performance in the planning for the execution of the science for the Phoenix mission”

2009 NASA Group Achievement Award as member of the Phoenix Development and Mission Team “For outstanding achievement in the development and operation of the Phoenix spacecraft leading to the first landing in the Martian arctic”

2009 Ph.D. Student Jasper Kok was selected to be the University of Michigan’s Single Nominee for the National “Council for Graduate Schools/University Microfilms International (UMI) Distinguished Dissertation Award” in Mathematics, Physical Sciences, and Engineering

2009 Ph.D. Student Jasper Kok received the University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School Distinguished Dissertation Award (8 Ph.D. dissertations out of about 800 receives this honor)

1st Place on the AFRL OSU-UM 2009 Challenge as Mentor to the Eng 450 Team 2009 John L. "Jack" Swigert, Jr., Award for Space Exploration as member of the

Phoenix Mars Mission Team 2008 Popular Mechanics Magazine Breakthrough Award for Innovation as member

of the Phoenix Mars Mission Team 2008 Popular Science Magazine's 2008 "Best of What's New" Grand Award in the

aviation and space category as member of the Phoenix Mars Mission Team

2008 National Space Club Astronautics Engineer Award as member of the Phoenix Mars Mission Team

2008 Civil Space Award from the California Space Authority as member of the Phoenix Mars Mission Team

2008 Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship (to Jasper Kok) 2007 and 2008 Arizona Governor's Innovator of the Year Award as member of the

Phoenix Mars Mission Team 2007 AGU Fall Meeting, Outstanding Student Paper Award as mentor to Jasper Kok

1st Place on NASA RASC-AL 2007 as Mentor to the Eng 450 Mars Balloon Team 2006 UM/MGU, 1st place as mentor to Jasper Kok 2nd Place on NASA RASC-AL 2006 as Mentor to the Eng 450 Mars Balloon Team NASA Institute of Advanced Concepts 2005 as mentor to Aimee Covert 2nd Place on NASA RASC-AL 2005 as Mentor to the UM Mars Rover Team 2005 UM/MGU, 1st place on oral presentation as mentor to Jasper Kok 2005 UM/MGU, 1st place on poster presentation as mentor to Jacquelin Koch

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GRADUATE STUDENTS

Ph.D. Students 1. Dr. Enio P. Souza (Professor, UFPb, Brazil) 2. Dr. David K. Adams (Professor, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de

México, México City, Mexico) 3. Dr. Nadia Vinogradova (Artist) 4. Dr. Jacquelin Koch (Lecturer, Hope College, MI) 5. Rapporteur for Dr. Pierre-Yves Meslin (Assistant Professor, Université Paul

Sabatier, Toulouse, France) 6. Dr. Jasper Kok (Assistant Professor, UCLA) 7. Dr. Manish Mehta (NASA MSFC) 8. Shintaro Taniguchi (U. Hawaii) 9. Dr. Douglas Halleaux (US Army) 10. J. Michael Newman (NASA GRC) 11. Rapporteur for Dr. Alvaro de Vicente-Retortillo (University Complutense) 12. Rapporteur for Dr. Gregoire Deprez (University of Paris VI) 13. Harvey Elliott (Current) 14. Erik Fischer (Current) 15. David Sweeney (Current)

Master Students

1. Mentored more than a 100 Master of Engineering in Space Engineering students since January 2012

2. Matthew Burkett (High School Teacher, Phoenix, AZ) 3. Ronald A. Mastaler (Research Associate, U. Arizona) 4. Daniel Rovey (Raytheon) 5. Charles Yana (CNES) 6. Brian Russell (California Environmental Protection Agency) 7. Kevin Rogers (Lockheed Martin) 8. Rachael McKay (Lockheed Martin) 9. Bruno Scarpelli (Private Industry in Brazil) 10. Shintaro Taniguchi (U. Hawaii) 11. Josh Adamson (Northrop Grumman) 12. Fernando Saca (UM) 13. Harvey Elliott (UM) 14. Chase Estrin (Orbital ATK) 15. Neeti Banerjee (UM) 16. Erik Fischer (UM) 17. Max Riekeles (TU Berlin) 18. Wayne Lester (UM)

Undergraduate Students Dozens of UROP and REU Students

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GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL ADVISORS Kerry A. Emanuel and Peter H. Stone, MIT

Andrew Ingersoll, Caltech JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

1. Borlina, Caue S., and Nilton O. Rennó, 2017. The Impact of a Severe Drought on Dust Lifting in California’s Owens Lake Area. Nature Reports, doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-01829-7.

2. Vicente-Retortillo, Á., G.M. Martínez, N.O. Renno, M.T. Lemmon and M. Torre-Juárez, 2017. Determination of dust aerosol particle size at Gale Crater using REMS UVS and Mastcam measurements. Geophys. Res. Lett., doi: 10.1002/2017GL072589.

3. Martínez, G.M., A. De-Vicente-Retortillo, A.G. Fairén, E. Fischer, S. D. Guzewich, R. M. Haberle, Henrik Kahanpää, O. Kemppinen, M. Lemmon, C. Newman, N. Renno, M. Richardson, M.D. Smith, M. Torre-Juárez and A. Vasavada, 2017. Characterization of the Martian Climate: A review of in-situ data from Viking to Curiosity. Space Science Review, doi: 10.1007/s11214-017-0360-x.

4. Esposito, F., S. Debei, C. Bettanini, C. Molfese, I. Arruego Rodríguez, G. Colombatti, A-M. Harri, F. Montmessin, C. Wilson, A. Aboudan, P. Schipani, L. Marty, F.J. Álvarez, V. Apestigue, G. Bellucci, J-J. Berthelier, J. R. Brucato8, S. B. Calcutt, S. Chiodini, F. Cortecchia, F. Cozzolino, F. Cucciarrè, N. Deniskina, G. Déprez, G. Di Achille, F. Ferri, F. Forget, G. Franzese, E. Friso, M. Genzer, R. Hassen-Kodja, H. Haukka, M. Hieta, J. J. Jiménez, J-L. Josset, H. Kahanpää, O. Karatekin, G. Landis, L. Lapauw, R. Lorenz, J. Martinez-Oter, V. Mennella, D. Möhlmann, D. Moirin, R. Molinaro, T. Nikkanen, E. Palomba, M.R. Patel, J-P. Pommereau, C.I. Popa, S. Rafkin, P. Rannou, N.O. Renno, J. Rivas, W. Schmidt, E. Segato, S. Silvestro, A. Spiga, D. Toledo, R. Trautner, F. Valero, L. Vázquez, F. Vivat, O. Witasse, M. Yela, R. Mugnuolo, E. Marchetti, S. Pirrotta, 2017. The DREAMS experiment onboard the Schiaparelli Module of the ExoMars 2016 mission: Design, performances and expected results. Space Science Review, Submitted.

5. Fischer, E., G. M. Martínez, N. O. Rennó, 2016. Formation and persistence of liquid brine in the Martian polar region: Experimental analysis throughout the diurnal cycle at the Phoenix landing site. Astrobiology, 16, doi: 10.1089/ast.2016.1525.

6. Rettberg, Petra, Alexandre Anesio, Victor Baker, John Baross, Sherry Caddy, Emmanouil Detsis, Christine Foreman, Ernst Hauber, Gian Gabrielle Ori, David Pearce, Nilton Renno, Gary Ruvkun, Birgit Sattler, Mark Sauders, David Smith Dirk Wagner, Frances Westall, 2016. Planetary Protection and Mars Special Regions –A Suggestion for Updating the Definition. Astrobiology Magazine, 16, doi: 10.1089/ast.2016.1472.

7. Harrison, R.G., E. Barth, F. Esposito, J. Merrison, F. Montmessin, K.L. Aplin, C. Borlina, J.J. Berthelier, G.Déprez, W.M. Farrell , I.M.P. Houghton, N.O. Renno, K.A. Nicoll, S.N. Tripathi, M. Zimmerman, 2016. Applications of

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electrified dust and dust devil electrodynamics to Martian atmospheric electricity. Space Science Review, 203, doi:10.1007/s11214-016-0241-8.

8. Kurgansky, M.V., R.D. Lorenz, N. O. Renno, T. Takemi, Z. Gu, W. Wei, 2016. Dust Devil Steady-State Structure from a Fluid Dynamics Perspective. Space Science Review, 203, doi: 10.1007/s11214-016-0281-0.

9. Martínez, G. M., E. Fischer, N. O. Rennó, E. Sebastián, O. Kemppinen, N. Bridges, C. S. Borlina, P-Y. Meslin, M. Genzer, A-H. Harri, A. Vicente-Retortillo, M. Ramos, M. de la Torre Juárez, F. Gómez, J. Gómez-Elvira, 2016. Likely frost events at Gale crater: Analysis from MSL/REMS measurements. Icarus, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.12.004.

10. Francisco Martín-Torres, María-Paz Zorzano, Patricia Valentín-Serrano, Ari-Matti Harri, Maria Genzer, Osku Kemppinen, Edgard G. Rivera-Valentin, Insoo Jun, James Wray, Morten Bo Madsen, Walter Goetz, Alfred S. McEwen, Craig Hardgrove, Nilton Renno, Vincent F. Chevrier, Michael Mischna, Rafael Navarro-González, Jesús Martínez-Frías, Pamela Conrad, Tim McConnochie, Charles Cockell, Gilles Berger, Ashwin R. Vasavada, Dawn Sumner, and David Vaniman, 2015. Transient liquid water and water activity at Gale crater on Mars. Nature Geoscience, 8, 357-361, doi:10.1038/ngeo2412.

11. John E. Moores, Mark T. Lemmon, Henrik Kahanpää, Scot C. R. Rafkin, Raymond Francis, University of Western Ontario, Jorge Pla-Garcia, Keri Bean, Robert Haberle, Claire Newman, Michael Mischna, Ashwin R. Vasavada, Manuel de la Torre Juárez, Nilton Rennó, Jim Bell, Fred Calef, Bruce Cantor, Timothy H. Mcconnochie, Ari-Matti Harri, Maria Genzer, Michael Wong, Michael D. Smith, F. Javier Martín-Torres, María-Paz Zorzano, Osku Kemppinen, Emily McCullough, 2015. Observational evidence of a suppressed planetary boundary layer in northern Gale Crater, Mars as seen by the Navcam instrument onboard the Mars Science Laboratory rover, Icarus, 249, 129-142, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.09.020.

12. Harri, A.-M, M. Genzer, O. Kemppinen, J. Gomez-Elvira, R. Haberle, J. Polkko, H. Savijarvi, N. Renno, .J. A. Rodriguez-Manfredi, W. Schmidt, M. Richardson, T. Siili, M. Paton, M. De La Torre-Juarez, T. Makinen, C. Newman, S. Rafkin, M. Mischna, S. Merikallio, H. Haukka, J. Martin-Torres, M. Komu, M.-P. Zorzano, V. Peinado, L. Vazquez. and R. Urqui, 2014. Mars Science Laboratory Relative Humidity Observations: Initial Results, J. Geophys. Res., doi: 10.1002/2013JE004514.

13. Fischer, E., G.M. Martinez, H.M. Elliott, N.O. Renno, 2014. Experimental Evidence for Deliquescence on Mars. Geophs. Res. Lett, 41, doi:10.1002/2014GL060302.

14. Halleaux, D. and N. O. Renno, 2014. Aerosols–climate interactions at the Owens ‘‘Dry’’ Lake, California. Aeolian Res., 15, 91-100, doi:10.1016/j.aeolia.2014.08.004.

15. R. E. Arvidson, P. Bellutta, F. Calef, A. A. Fraeman, J. B. Garvin, O. Gasnault, J. A. Grant, J. P. Grotzinger, V. E. Hamilton, M. Heverly, K. A. Iagnemma, J. R. Johnson, N. Lanza, S. Le Mouélic, N. Mangold, D. W. Ming, M. Mehta, R. V. Morris, H. E. Newsom, N. Rennó, D. Rubin, J. Schieber, R.

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Sletten, N. T. Stein, F. Thuillier, A. R. Vasavada, J. Vizcaino and R. C. Wiens, 2014. Terrain Physical Properties Derived From Orbital Data and the First 360 Sols of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover Observations in Gale Crater. J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1002/2013JE004605.

16. N. T. Bridges, F. J. Calef, B. Hallet, K. E. Herkenhoff, N. L. Lanza, S. Le Mouélic, C. E. Newman, D. L. Blaney, M. A. de Pablo, G. A. Kocurek, Y. Langevin, K. W. Lewis, N. Mangold, S. Maurice, P.-Y. Meslin, P. Pinet, N. O. Renno, M. S. Rice, M. E. Richardson, V. Sautter, R. S. Sletten, R. C. Wiens and R. A. Yingst, 2014. The rock abrasion record at Gale Crater: MSL results from Bradbury Landing to Rocknest J. Geophys. Res., doi: 10.1002/2013JE004579.

17. A.-M. Harri, M. Genzer, O. Kemppinen, H. Kahanpää, J. Gomez-Elvira, J. A. Rodriguez-Manfredi, R. Haberle, J. Polkko, W. Schmidt, H. Savijärvi, J. Kauhanen, E. Atlaskin, M. Richardson, T. Siili, M. Paton, M. de la Torre Juarez, C. Newman, S. Rafkin, M. T. Lemmon, M. Mischna, S. Merikallio, H. Haukka, J. Martin-Torres, M.-P. Zorzano, V. Peinado, R. Urqui, A. Lapinette, A. Scodary, T. Mäkinen, L. Vazquez, N. Rennó and the REMS/MSL Science Team, 2014. Pressure observations by the Curiosity rover: Initial results, J. Geophys. Res., doi: 10.1002/2013JE004423.

18. R. M. Haberle, J. Gómez-Elvira, M. de la Torre Juárez, A.-M. Harri, J. L. Hollingsworth, H. Kahanpää, M. A. Kahre, M. Lemmon, F. J. Martín-Torres, M. Mischna, J. E. Moores, C. Newman, S. C. R. Rafkin, N. Rennó, M. I. Richardson, J. A. Rodríguez-Manfredi, A. R. Vasavada, M.-P. Zorzano-Mier and REMS/MSL Science Teams, 2014. Preliminary interpretation of the REMS pressure data from the first 100 sols of the MSL mission, J. Geophys. Res., doi: 10.1002/2013JE004488.

19. Martínez, G.M., N. Rennó, E. Fischer, C. S. Borlina, B. Hallet, M. de la Torre Juárez, A. R. Vasavada, M. Ramos, V. Hamilton, J. Gomez-Elvira and R. M. Haberle, 2014. Surface energy budget and thermal inertia at Gale Crater: Calculations from ground-based measurements, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1002/2014JE004618.

20. Javier Gómez-Elvira, Carlos Armiens, Isaías Carrasco, Maria Genzer, Felipe Gómez, Robert Haberle, Victoria E. Hamilton, Ari-Matti Harri, Henrik Kahanpää, Osku Kemppinen, Alain Lepinette, Javier Martín Soler, Javier Martín-Torres, Jesús Martínez-Frías, Michael Mischna, Luis Mora, Sara Navarro, Claire Newman, Miguel A. de Pablo, Verónica Peinado, Jouni Polkko, Scot C. R. Rafkin, Miguel Ramos, Nilton O. Rennó, Mark Richardson, José A. Rodríguez-Manfredi, Julio J. Romeral Planelló, Eduardo Sebastián, Manuel de la Torre Juárez, Josefina Torres, Roser Urquí, Ashwin R. Vasavada, José Verdasca and María-Paz Zorzano, 2014. Curiosity's rover environmental monitoring station: Overview of the first 100 sols, J. Geophys. Res., doi: 10.1002/2013JE004576.

21. Meslin, P.-Y., O. Gasnault, O. Forni, S. Schröder, S. Clegg, G. Berger, J. Lasue, A. Cousin, S. Le Mouélic, S. Maurice, N. Mangold, C. Fabre, R. Wiens, B. Ehlmann, P. Pinet, N. Lanza, R. Anderson, D. Archer, D. Bish, D. Blake, D. Blaney, N. Bridges, B. Clark, G. Dromart, M.D. Dyar, M. Fisk, W.

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Goetz, K. Herkenhoff, J.-L. Lacour, Y. Langevin, L. Leshin, E. Lewin, M. Madsen, H. Newsom, A. Ollila, E. Rampe, N. Rennó, V. Sautter, J.-B. Sirven, L. d’Uston, D. Vaniman, and the MSL Science Team, 2013. Soil diversity and hydration as observed by ChemCam at Gale crater –Mars, Science, 341, doi: 10.1126/science.1238670.

22. Halleaux, D. and N. O. Renno, 2013. The Michigan Prandtl System: An instrument for accurate pressure measurements in convective vortices. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 30, 2426-2433.

23. Mehta, M., A. Sengupta, N.O. Renno, J.W.Van Norman, P.G. Huseman, D.S. Gulick, M. Pokora, 2013. Thruster Plume Surface Interactions: Applications for Spacecraft Landings on Planetary Bodies. AIAA Journal, in press, doi: 10.2514/1.J052408.

24. Seran, E., M. Godefroy, N. Renno, and E. Elliott, 2013. Variations of electric field and electric resistivity of air caused by dust motion, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 5358–5368, doi:10.1002/jgra.50478.

25. Haberle, R.M., J. Gomez-Elvira, E. Atlaskin, J.R. Barnes, M. De La Torre Juarez, J.L. Hollingsworth, M.A. Kahre, J. Kauhanen, J. Martin-Torres, M. Mischna, C. Newman, M. Paz Zorzano, S.C.R. Rafkin, N. Renno, M.I. Richardson, H. Savijärvi, J. Schaeffer, D. Tyler, A.R. Vasavada, and the REMS Team, 2013. Meteorological Predictions for the REMS Experiment on MSL. Space Sci. Rev., in press.

26. Rennó, N. O., E. Williams, D. Rosenfeld, D. G. Fischer, J. Fischer, T. Kremic, A. Agrawal, M. O. Andreae, R. Bierbaum, R. Blakeslee, A. Boerner, N. Bowles, H. Christian, J. Dunion, A. Horvath, X. Huang, A. Khain, S. Kinne, M. C. Lemos, J. E. Penner, U. Pöschl, J. Quaas, E. Seran, B. Stevens, T. Walati, T. Wagner, 2013. CHASER: An Innovative Satellite Mission Concept to Measure the Effects of Aerosols on Clouds and Climate. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 94, 685-694.

27. Martinez, G. and N. O. Rennó, 2013. Water and Brines on Mars: Current Evidence and Implications for MSL. Space Sci. Rev.(Invited), DOI 10.1007/s11214-012-9956-3.

28. Rennó, N. O., C. Ruf, 2012. Comments on the search for electrostatics on Mars. ApJ., 716, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/761/2/88.

29. Balme, M. R., Pathare, A. V., Metzger, S. M., Towner, M. C., Lewis, S. R., Spiga, A., Fenton, L., Renno, N. O., Elliot, H. M., Saca, F. A., Michaels, T., Russell, P., and Verdasca, J. A., 2012. Field measurements of horizontal forward motion velocities of terrestrial dust devils: Towards a proxy for ambient winds on Mars and Earth, Icarus, 221, 632–645.

30. Gomez-Elvira, J., C. Armiens, L. Castaner, M. Dominguez, M. Genzer, F. Gomez, R. Haberle, A-M. Harri, V. Jimenez, H. Kahanpaa, L. Kowalski, A. Lepinette, J. Martinez-Frias, J. Martin, I. McEwan, L. Mora, J. Moreno, S. Navarro, M.A. de Pablo, V. Peinado, A. Pena, J. Polkko, M. Ramos, N. O. Renno, J. Ricart, M. Richardson, J. Rodriguez-Manfredi, J. Romeral, E. Sebastian, J. Serrano, M. de la Torre Juarez, J. Torres, F. Torrero, R. Urqui, T. Velasco, J. Verdasca, M.-P. Zorzano, F. J. Martin-Torres, 2012. REMS: an

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Environmental Sensor Suite for the Mars Science Laboratory. Space Sci. Rev., In Press.

31. Martinez, G. and N. O. Rennó, H. Elliott, 2012. Dark Spots in Mars Richardson Crater: Albedo and Time Evolution from HiRISE Images. Icarus, 221, 816-830.

32. Rosenfeld D., E. Williams, M.O. Andreae, E. Freud, U. Puschl, and N. O. Rennó, 2012. The scientific basis for a satellite mission to retrieve CCN and their impacts on convective clouds. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 5, 2039–2055, doi:10.5194/amt-5-2039-2012.

33. Petrosyan, Arakel, Boris Galperin, S. E. Larsen, Stephen Lewis, Anni Maattanen, Nilton Rennó, Peter Rogberg, Hannu Savijärvi, Tero Siili, Aymeric Spiga, Anthony Toigo, Luis Vazquez, 2011. The Martian Atmospheric Boundary Layer. Reviews of Geophysics, 49, RG3005, doi:10.1029/2010RG000351.

34. Bister, M., N. Renno, O. Pauluis, and K. Emanuel, 2011. Comments on "A critique of some modern applications of the Carnot heat engine concept: the dissipative heat engine cannot exist" Proc. R. Soc. A., doi:10.1098/rspa.2010.0087.

35. Mehta, M., N.O. Renno, J. Marshall, M.R. Grover, A. Sengupta, N.A. Rusche, J.F. Kok, R.E. Arvidson, W.J. Markiewicz, M. Lemmon, P.H. Smith, 2011. Explosive erosion exposes the subsurface ice on Mars. Icarus, 211, 172-194, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2010.10.003.

36. Nelli, S.M., N.O. Renno, J.R. Murphy, and W.C. Feldman, 2010. Simulations of Atmospheric Phenomena at the Phoenix Landing Site with the Ames GCM. J. Geophys. Res., Special Issue on Phoenix, 115, E00E21, doi:10.1029/2010JE003568.

37. Pathare, A.V., M. R. Balme, S.M. Metzger, A. Spiga, M.C. Towner, N.O. Renno and F. Saca, 2010. Assessing the power law hypothesis for the size-frequency distribution of terrestrial and Martian dust 482 devils. Icarus, 209, 851-852.

38. Carol R. Stoker, C. R., A. Zent, D. Catling, S. Douglas, J. Marshall, P. H. Smith, D. Archer, R. Quinn, B. Clark, N.O. Renno, V. Hipkin, S. Kounaves, S. Young, M. Hecht, M. Lemmon, and D. Fisher, 2010. Habitability of the Phoenix Landing Site. J. Geophys. Res., 115, E00E20, doi:10.1029/2009JE003421.

39. Zuchowski, L.C., P.L. Read, Y.H. Yamazaki, and N.O. Renno, 2009. A heat engine based moist convection parametrization for Jupiter. Plan. Space Sci., 57(13), 1525-1537, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2009.05.008.

40. Kok, J. F., and N. O. Renno, 2009. A comprehensive numerical model of steady state saltation (COMSALT), J. Geophys. Res., 114, D17204, doi:10.1029/2009JD011702.

41. Renno, N.O., B.J. Bos, D. Catling, B.C. Clark, L. Drube, D. Fisher, W. Goetz, S.F. Hviid, H. Keller, J.F. Kok, S.P. Kounaves, K. Leer, M. Lemmon, M. Bo Madsen, W. Markiewicz, J. Marshall, C. McKay, M. Mehta, M. Smith, M.P. Zorzano, P.H. Smith, C. Stoker, S.M.M. Young, 2009. Possible Physical

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and Thermodynamical Evidence for Liquid Water on Mars. J. Geophys. Res., Special Issue on Phoenix, 114, E00E03, doi:10.1029/2009JE003362.

42. Zorzano, M.-P, E. Mateo-Martí, Olga Prieto-Ballesteros, S. Osuna-Esteban, N.O. Renno, 2009. The stability of liquid saline water on Mars. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L20201, doi:10.1029/2009GL040315.

43. Whiteway, J. A., L. Komguem, C. Dickinson, C. Cook, M. Illnicki, J. Seabrook, V. Popovici, T.J. Duck, R. Davy, P.A. Taylor, J. Pathak, D. Fisher, A. I. Carswell, M. Daly, V. Hipkin, L. Tamppari, N. Renno, J. Moores, M. Lemmon, F. Daerden, P. H. Smith, 2009. Mars Water Ice Clouds and Precipitation. Science, 325, 68-70, doi:10.1126/Science/1172344.

44. Smith, P.H., L.K. Tamppari, R.E. Arvidson, D. Bass, D. Blaney, W.V. Boynton, A. Carswell, D.C. Catling, B.C. Clark, T. Duck, E. DeJong, D. Fisher, W. Goetz, H.P. Gunnlaugsson, M.H. Hecht, V. Hipkin, J. Hoffman, S.F. Hviid, H.U. Keller, S.P. Kounaves, C.F. Lange, M.T. Lemmon, M.B. Madsen, M. Malin, W.J. Markiewicz, J. Marshall, C.P. McKay, M.T. Mellon, D.W. Ming, R.V. Morris, N. Renno, W.T. Pike, U. Staufer, C. Stoker, P. Taylor, J. Whiteway, A.P. Zent, 2009. Water at the Phoenix landing site. Science, 325, 58-61, doi:10.1126/Science.1172339.

45. Ruf, C., N.O. Renno, J.F. Kok, E. Bandelier, M.J. Sander, S. Gross, L. Skjerve, and B. Cantor, 2009. The Emission of Non-Thermal Microwave Radiation by a Martian Dust Storm. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L13202, doi:10.1029/2009GL038715.

46. Kok, J.F., and N.O. Renno, 2009. Electrification of wind-blown sand on Mars and its implications for atmospheric chemistry. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L05202, doi:10.1029/2008GL036691.

47. Wang, J., F.J.F. Chagnon, E.R. Williams, A.K. Betts, N.O. Renno, L.A.T. Machado, G. Bisht, R. Knox, R.L. Bras, 2009. Why Clouds Follow Deforestation Over the Amazon? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0810156106.

48. Simões, F., M. Rycroft, N. Renno, Y. Yair, K.L. Aplin, Y. Takahashi, 2008. Schumann resonances as a tool for investigating planetary electromagnetic environments. Space Science Review, 137, 455–471.

49. Renno, N.O. and J.F. Kok, 2008. Electric activity and dust lifting on earth and beyond. Space Science Review, 137, 419-434.

50. Yair, Y., G. Fischer, F. Simoes, N. Renno, P. Zarka, 2008. Updated Review of Planetary Atmospheric Electricity. Space Science Review, 137, 29–49

51. Smith, P., L. Tamppari, R. Arvidson, D. Blaney, B. Clark, C. McKay, M. Mellon, R. Morris, M. Lemmon, E. DeJong, U. Keller, M. Malin, C. Stoker, W. Boynton, J. Hoffman, D. Ming, A. Zent, M. Hecht, S. Kounaves, J. Marshall, U. Staufer, A. Carswell, D. Catling, N. Renno, 2008. Introduction to special section on the Phoenix Mission: Landing Site Characterization Experiments, Mission Overviews, and Expected Science, J. Geophys. Res., 113, E00A18, doi:10.1029/2008JE003083.

52. Plemmons, D., B. C. Clark, S. P. Kounaves, M. Mehta, L. L. Peach, N. O. Renno, L. Tamppari, and S. M. M. Young, 2008. Effects of the Phoenix

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Lander descent thruster plume on the Martian surface. J. Geophys. Res., 113, E00A11, doi:10.1029/2007JE003059.

53. Holstein-Rathlou, C., J. P. Merrison, S. Knak Jensen, C. F. Lange, S. E. Larsen, M. B. Madsen, P. Nørnberg, H. Bechtold, E. Hald, J. J. Iversen, P. Lange, F. Lykkegaard, F. Rander, N. Renno, P. Taylor, P. Smith, 2008. Telltale wind indicator for the Mars Phoenix lander. J. Geophys. Res., 113, E00A04, doi:10.1029/2007JE003008.

54. Renno, N.O., 2008. A general theory for convective plumes and vortices. Tellus, 60A, 688–699.

55. Kok, J.F., and N.O. Renno, 2008. Electrostatics in wind-blown sand. Phys. Rev. Lett., 100, 014501.

56. Renno, N.O., J. F. Kok, H Kirkham, and S Rogacki, 2007. A miniature sensor for electrical field measurements in dusty planetary atmospheres. J. Physics (Conference Series), 142 (2008) 012075.

57. Kok, J.F., N.O. Renno, 2007. The effects of electric forces on dust lifting: Preliminary studies with a numerical model. J. Physics (Conference Series), 142 (2008) 012047.

58. Kok, J.F., and N.O. Renno, 2006. The effects of electric fields on dust lifting. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L19S10, doi:10.1029/2006GL026284.

59. Farrell, W. M., N. Renno, G. T. Delory, S. A. Cummer, and J. R. Marshall, 2006. The Integration of Electrostatic and Fluid Dynamics within a Dust Devil. J. Geophys. Res., 111, doi:10.1029/2005JE002527.

60. Atreya, S.K., A.-H. Wong, N.O. Renno, W.M. Farrell, G.T. Delory, D.D. Sentman, S.A. Cummer, J.R. Marshall, S.C.R. Rafkin, D. Catling, 2006. Oxidant Enhancement in Martian Dust Devils and Storms: Implications for Life and Habitability. Astrobiology Magazine, 6, 439-450.

61. Delory, G.T., W.M. Farrell, S.K. Atreya, N.O. Renno, A.-S. Wong, S.A. Cummer, D.D. Sentman, J.R. Marshall, S.C.R. Rafkin, D. Catling, 2006. Oxidant Enhancement in Martian Dust Devils and Storms: Storm Electric Fields and Electron Dissociative Attachment. Astrobiology Magazine, 6, 451-462.

62. Mastaler, R.A., and N.O. Renno, 2005. The Froud number as a predictor of mountain lee wave phenomenon. Technical Soaring, 29 (July Issue) 78-87.

63. Koch, J. and N.O. Renno, 2005. The role of convective plumes and vortices on the global aerosol budget, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, doi:10.1029/2005GL023420.

64. Adams, D.K., and N.O. Renno, 2005. Thermodynamic efficiencies of an idealized global climate model. Climate Dynamics, 25, doi:10.1007/s00382-005-0071-y.

65. Lorenz, R.D., Caitlin A. Griffith, J.I. Lunine, Christopher P. McKay, N.O. Renno, 2005. Convection, Clouds and the surface energy balance on Titan. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, doi10.1029/2004GL021415.

66. Renno, N.O., V. Abreu, J. Koch, P.H. Smith, O. Hartogenisis, H.A.R. de Bruin, D. Burose, G.T. Delory, W.M. Farrell, M. Parker, C.J. Watts, A. Carswell, 2004. MATADOR 2002: A field experiment on convective plumes and dust devils, J. Geophys. Res., 109, E07001, doi:10.1029/2003JE002219.

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67. Farrell, W.M., P.H. Smith, G.T. Delory, G.B. Hillard, J.R. Marshall, D. Catling, M. Hecht, D.M. Tratt, N. Renno, M.D. Desch, S.A. Cummer, J.G. Houser, and B. Johnson, 2004. Electric and magnetic signatures of dust devils from 2000-2001 MATADOR desert tests, J. Geophys. Res., 109, doi:10.1029/2003JE002088.

68. Ferri, F, P.H. Smith, M. Lemmon, N. Renno, 2003. Dust devils as observed by Mars Pathfinder, J. Geophys. Res., 108, doi:10.1029/2000JE001421.

69. Renno, N.O., A.S. Wong, S.K. Atreya, I. de Pater, M. Roos-Serote, 2003. Electrical Discharges and Broadband Radio Emission by Martian Dust Devils and Dust Storms. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, doi:10.1029/2003GL017879.

70. David K. Adams, and N.O. Renno, 2003. Remarks on quasi-equilibrium theory. J. Atmos. Sci., 60, 178-181.

71. Lorenz, R.D., and N.O. Renno, 2002. Work output on planetary atmospheric engines: Dissipation in clouds and rain. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 13771.

72. Williams, E.R., ...and N.O. Renno, 2002. Contrasting convective regimes over the Amazon: Implications for cloud electrification. J. Geophys. Res., 107, 8082-8101.

73. Renno, N.O. and H. B. Bluestein, 2001. A simple theory for waterspouts. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 927-932.

74. Souza, E.P., N.O. Renno, and M. A. F. Silva Dias, 2000. Convective circulations induced by surface heterogeneities. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 2915-2922.

75. Renno, N.O., A A. Nash, J. Lunine, and J. Murphy, 2000. Martian and terrestrial dust devils: Test of a scaling theory using Pathfinder data. J. Geophys. Res. (Planets), 105 E1, 1859-1865.

76. Renno, N.O., M.L. Burkett, and M. P. Larkin, 1998. A simple theory for dust devils. J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 3244-3252.

77. Renno, N.O., 1997. Multiple-equilibria in radiative-convective atmospheres. Tellus, 49A, 423-438.

78. Renno, N.O. and A.P. Ingersoll, 1996. Natural convection as a heat engine: A theory for CAPE. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 572-585.

79. Slingo, J.M., ...and N. Renno, 1996. Intraseasonal oscillations in 15 atmospheric general circulation models: Results from an AMIP diagnostic subproject. Climate Dynamics, 12, 325-357.

80. Renno, N.O. and E.R. Williams, 1995. Quasi-Lagrangian measurements in convective boundary layer plumes. Mon. Wea. Rev., 123, 2733-2742.

81. Renno, N.O., P.H. Stone, and K.A. Emanuel, 1994. A radiative-convective model with an explicit hydrological cycle: 2.Sensitivity to large changes in solar forcing. J. Geophys. Res., 99, 17001-17020 .

82. Renno, N.O., K.A. Emanuel and P.H. Stone, 1994. A Radiative-convective model with an explicit hydrologic cycle: 1.Formulation and sensitivity to model parameters. J. Geophys. Res., 99, 14,429-14,441.

83. Williams, E.R., and N.O. Renno, 1993. An analysis of the conditional instability of the tropical atmosphere. Monthly Weather Review, 121, 21-36.

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84. Williams, E.R., S.A. Rutledge, S.G. Geotis, N. Renno, E. Rasmussen, T. Rickenback, 1992. A radar study of tropical “Hot Towers.” J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 1386-1395.

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS IN REFERRED PUBLICATION 85. Renno, N.O., 2001. Comments on ``Frictional dissipation in a precipitating

atmosphere.'' J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 1173-1177. 86. Renno, N.O., 1997. Reply: Remarks on natural convection as a heat engine.

J. Atmos. Sci., 54, 2780-2782.

BOOKS ARTICLES, CHAPTERS AND REPORTS (Peer Reviewed) 87. Read, P.L., B. Galperin, S.E. Larsen, S.R. Lewis, A. Maattanen, A. Petrosyan,

N. Renno, H. Savijarvi, T. Siili, A. Spiga, A. Toigo, L. Vazquez, 2017. The Martian Planetary Boundary Layer. A Chapter on “The Atmosphere and Climate of Mars,” Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 978-1107016187.

88. Harrison, R.G., E. Barth , F. Esposito , J. Merrison , F. Montmessin, K.L. Aplin , C. Borlina, J.J. Berthelier, G.Déprez, W.M. Farrell , I.M.P. Houghton, N.O. Renno, K.A. Nicoll, S.N. Tripathi, M. Zimmerman, 2016. Applications of electrified dust and dust devil electrodynamics to Martian atmospheric electricity. ISSI Series, in Press. (Also published in Special Issue of Space Science Review).

89. Kurgansky, M.V., R.D. Lorenz, N.O. Renno, T. Takemi, Z. Gu, W. Wei, 2016. Dust devil steady-state structure from a fluid dynamics perspective. ISSI Series, in Review. (Also published in Special Issue of Space Science Review).

90. G. Kminek, V. J. Hipkin, A. M. Anesio, J. Barengoltz, P. J. Boston, B. C. Clark, C.A. Conley, A. Coustenis, E. Detsis, P. Doran, O. Grasset, K. Hand, Y. Hajime, E. Hauber, I. Kolmasová, R.E. Lindberg, M. Meyer, F. Raulin, G. Reitz, N.O. Rennó, P. Rettberg, J.D. Rummel, M.P. Saunders, G. Schwehm, B. Sherwood, D.H. Smith, P.E. Stabekis, J. Vago, 2015. COSPAR Panel on Planetary Protection Colloquium 2015 Report. COSPAR.

91. Rettberg, P. et al., 2015. Review of the MEPAG Report on Mars Special Regions, The National Academy Sciences, Washington DC, ASIN: B019YG1AL8.

92. Renno, N.O., and X. Huang, 2013. Radiative-Convective Equilibrium Climate Models, Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, in press.

93. Renno, N.O., D. Halleaux, H. Elliott, and J.F. Kok, 2013. The lifting of dust aerosols and their effects on atmospheric dynamics. A Chapter on the book “Comparative Climatology of Terrestrial Planets.” University of Arizona Press, ISBN-13: 978-0816530595.

94. Renno, N.O., 2011. Dust devils. Peter T. Bobrowsky (ed.), Encyclopedia of Natural Hazards, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4020-4399-4.

95. Renno, N.O., 2011. Dust storms. Peter T. Bobrowsky (ed.), Encyclopedia of Natural Hazards, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4020-4399-4.

96. Petrosyan, Arakel, Boris Galperin, S. E. Larsen, Stephen Lewis, Anni Maattanen, Nilton Rennó, Peter Rogberg, Hannu Savijärvi, Tero Siili,

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Aymeric Spiga, Anthony Toigo, Luis Vazquez, 2011. The Planetary Boundary Layer. A Chapter on the book “Mars.” University of Arizona Press.

97. Renno, N.O. and J.F. Kok, 2008. Electric activity and dust lifting on earth and beyond. A chapter of a book from “Space Sciences Series of the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) by Springer Verlag.” ISSI Series, 30. (Also published in Special Issue of Space Science Review).

98. Yair, Y., G. Fischer, F. Simoes, N. Renno, P. Zarka, 2008. Updated Review of Planetary Atmospheric Electricity. A chapter of a book from “Space Sciences Series of the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) by Springer Verlag.” ISSI Series, 30. (Also published in Special Issue of Space Science Review).

99. Simões, F., M. Rycroft, N. Renno, Y. Yair, K.L. Aplin, Y. Takahashi, 2008. Schumann resonances as a tool for investigating planetary electromagnetic environments. A chapter of a book from “Space Sciences Series of the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) by Springer Verlag.” ISSI Series, 30 (Also published in Special Issue of Space Science Review).

100. Titov, D.V., M. Bullock, D. Crispy, N.O. Renno, F.W. Taylor, L.V. Zasova, 2007. Radiation in the atmosphere of Venus. A chapter of the book “Venus as a Terrestrial Planet.” American Geophysical Union.

101. Renno, N.O., and D.K. Adams, 2001. The convective heat engine. In Recent Developments in Atmospheric Sciences, S. Pandalai, Ed. Recent Research Developments in Atmospheric Sciences, 1-14.

INVITED NEWS AND MAGAZINE PUBLICATIONS

102. Michaud, L. and N. Renno, 2011. The Sky’s the Limit. Mechanical Engineering, 133, April 2011, 42-43.

103. Renno, N., 2010. Searching for sources and links of methane on Mars. 10 July 2010 SPIE Newsroom, doi:10.1117/2.1201006.003140.

104. Renno, N., 2009. Liquid saline water on Mars. 18 June 2009, SPIE Newsroom, doi: 10.1117/2.1200906.1661.

PATENTS

105. Renno, N. O. and Rogacki, S. A., 2013. Roating Electric Field Sensor. U.S. Patent No. 8,536,879. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

106. Renno, N. O., 2016. Ice and Supercooled Water Detection System. U.S. Patent No. 9,297,755 B2. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

107. Renno, N. O., 2016. Ice and Water Detection System. U.S. Patent No. 9,304,081 B2. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

108. Renno, N. O., 2016. Aircraft Icing Detector. U.S. Patent No. 9,302,777 B2. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

REFEERED CONFERENCE ARTICLES 109. Not keeping track anymore…

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110. Rennó, N. O., M. Mehta, 2010. The discovery of liquid saline water on Mars and its implications. Proc of 61st Astronautical Congress, Prague, 9/27-10/1 2010, IAC-10.A3.3A.2.

111. De Paula, R. P., N. O. Renno, R. W. Zurek, M. A. Meyer, and R. A. Fogel, 2010. Overview of the discoveries of MRO and Phoenix and their impact on future Mars exploration. 61st International Astronautical Congress, Prague. Article IAC-10-A3.3A.1.

112. Rennó, N. O., M. Mehta, 2010. Deliquescence, liquid water and the search for sources and sinks of methane on Mars. Proc. SPIE Vol. 7819, 78190G, doi: 10.1117/12.863653 (Invited Paper).

113. Rennó, N. O., M. Mehta, B. P. Block; S. Braswell, 2009. The discovery of liquid water on Mars and its implications for astrobiology. Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7441, 74410C (2009); doi:10.1117/12.832195 (Invited Paper).

114. Renno, N.O., and M. Mehta, 2010. Deliquescence, liquid water, and the search for sources and sinks of methane on Mars. Proc. SPIE, 2010.

115. Mehta, M., N.O. Renno, A.J. Cotel, and R.M. Grover III, 2007. Characterization of the Impingement Dynamics of Rocket Plumes with the Ground at Low Ambient Pressure. AIAA/ASME/ASEE/SAE 43rd Joint Propulsion Conference Proceedings.

116. Renno, N.O., and J.F. Kok, 2007. Dust Electrification on Earth and Beyond. ISSI Workshop on Planetary Atmospheric Electricity, Bern, Stwizerland.

117. Liu, T.M., C.A. Deline, R. Ramos, S.D. Sandoval, A.L. Smetana, B.E. , Y. Li, R. Redick, J. Bellerose, B. Oaida, Gilchrist, P.D. Washabaugh, N.O. Renno, 2007. Challenges Facing the Student Space Systems Fabrication Laboratory and Lessons Learned. 2007 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Honolulu, HI, paper 2007-1409.

118. Liu, T.M., R. Ramos, C.A. Deline, S.D. Sandoval, A.L. Smetana, B.E. Gilchrist, P.D. Washabaugh, N.O. Renno, 2006. The Student Space Systems Fabrication Laboratory: An Approach to Space Systems Engineering Education. 2006 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Chicago, IL, paper 2006-1917.

119. Mehta, M., N.O. Renno, P G Huseman, D S Gulick, A Cotel, 2006. The interaction dynamics of pulsed retro-rocket plumes with the ground during spacecraft descent on Mars. International Planetary Probe Workshop, Pasadena, 2006. NASA Report.

120. Renno, N.O., C. Ruf, L.T. Thompson, M.J. Sander, T.D. Linick, 2004. ENG 450: A Multidisciplinary Design Experience. Proceedings of the AIAA Space 2004 Conference, Session Number 39-EDU-3, San Diego, CA.

121. Renno, N.O., 2000. Atmospheric Convection as an Irreversible Heat Engine. Preprints of the AMS 24th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Miami, FL.

122. Adams, D.K., and N.O. Renno, 2000. Remarks on Arakawa-Schubert's Quasi-Equilibrium Theory. Preprints of the AMS 24th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Miami, FL.

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123. Renno, N.O., 1997. Scaling Theories of Convection. Preprints of the AMS 22nd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Fort Collins, CO.

124. Renno, N.O., M.L. Burkett, and M.P. Larkin, 1997. On the Thermodynamics of Dust Devils. Preprints of the AMS 22nd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Fort Collins, CO.

125. Renno, N.O., and A.P. Ingersoll, 1995. Natural Convection as a Heat Engine: A Theory for CAPE. Preprints of the AMS 21st Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Miami, FL.

126. Renno, N.O., K.A. Emanuel, and P.H. Stone, 1993. Cumulus Convection Parameterization and Numerical Modeling of Moist Atmospheres. Preprints of the AMS 20th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, San Antonio, TX.

CONFERENCE ARTICLES

127. Not keeping track anymore… 128. Renno, N.O, and M. Mehta, 2011. Photometric and spectral evidence for

deliquescence and liquid saline water on Mars. European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

129. Elliott H., N. Renno, E. Williams, M. Balme, S. Metzger, A. Pathare, S. Rogacki, R. Gillespie and S. Musko, 2011. Diagnosing the Electrical Structure of Dust Devils. European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

130. Renno, N.O., M. Mehta, 2011. Spectral evidence for liquid water on Mars. 42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), Woodland, Texas. Article #1537.

131. Renno, N. O. Renno, D. G. Gossiaux, F. Saca, S. Rogack, R. Gillespie, and Stephen Musko, 2009. A Generalization of Bernoulli’s equation to convective vortices. 41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC).

132. Renno, N.O., 2007. A Thermodynamically General Theory for Convective Circulations and Vortices. AGU Fall Meeting (Invited).

133. Renno, N.O., and J.F. Kok, 2007. Electrical activity and dust lifting on Earth and Mars. AGU Fall Meeting.

134. Kok, J F, N O Renno, 2007. Physically Based Numerical Model of Wind-Blown Sand Suggests Deficiencies in Classical Saltation Theory. AGU Fall Meeting.

135. Mehta, M, N O Renno, A Cotel, M R Grover, 2007. Characterization of the Dynamics of the Impingement of Pulsed Rocket Plumes with the Ground at Low Ambient Pressure. AIAA 43rd Jet Propulsion Conference.

136. Kok, J F, N O Renno, 2006. A Dust Lifting Model that Includes the Effects of Electric Fields. Proceedings of the AGU Fall Meeting.

137. Wong, A.S., S.K. Atreya, and N.O. Renno, 2003. Chemistry Related to Possible Outgassing Sources on Mars. 6th International Mars Conference.

138. Renno, N.O., A.S. Wong, S.K. Atreya, 2003. Electrical Discharges in Martian Dust Devils and Storms. 6th International Mars Conference.

139. Renno, N.O., 1995. Proceedings of the 21st Conf. on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology.

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140. Renno, N.O., 1994. Climate and Global Change. Proceedings of the AGU Fall Meeting.

141. Renno, N.O., 1994. Multiple Equilibria in Radiative-Convective Atmospheres. Proceedings of the AGU Fall Meeting.

NON-REFEREED REPORTS 142. Renno, N.O., L. Schade, M. Morgan, M. Bister, C.-C. Wu, D. Reilly,

1991. Texmex: Tropical Experiment in Mexico. EAPS, MIT. 143. Williams, E., and N. Renno, 1991. The Role of Ice in the Conditional

Instability of the Tropical Atmosphere. MIT Center for Global Change. Report No. 9, November 1991.

144. Slingo, J. M., K. Sperber, J. Boyle, J.-P. Ceron, M. Dix, B. Dugass, W. Ebisuzaki, J. Fyfe, D. Gregory, J.-F. Gueremy, J. Hack, A. Harzallah, P. Innes, A. Kitoh, W. K.-M. Lau, B. McAvaney, R. Madden, A. Matthews, T. Palmer, C.-K. Park, D. Randall, N. Renno, 1995: Intraseasonal oscillations in 15 atmospheric general circulation models: Results from an AMIP diagnostic subproject. WCRP-88, WMO/TD-No. 661, World Climate Research Programme Report, Geneva, 32 pp.

145. Renno, N.O., 1992. Cumulus Convection Parameterization and Numerical Modelling of Moist Atmosphere. Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, 297 pp.

CURRENT & RECENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

1. Aircraft Icing Detection System Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno Co-Is: None Sponsor: NSF/AIR-TT Funding Period: August 1, 2017 to February 30, 2019 Total funding: $200,000

2. Aerosols-Climate Interactions: Characterization of the Effects of a Severe

Drought on Dust Lifting Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno Co-Is: None Sponsor: NSF/AGS Funding Period: August 15, 2015 to August 14, 2018 Total funding: $671,958

3. MAHRS: A Simple Instrument Suite to Characterize the Weathering and Habitability of the Shallow Martian Subsurface Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno Co-Is: Michael J. Krasowski, George E. Ponchak, Norman F. Prokop, Joseph M. Flatico, and Brent J. Bos Sponsor: NASA/MATISSE Funding Period: September 1, 2013 to August 30, 2016 Total funding: $2,300,000 (including cost-share)

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4. A Miniature Sensor for Measuring Soil Wetness and Searching for Brines on Mars and Beyond Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno Co-Is: Bruce P. Block, Michael Krasowski and George Ponchak Sponsor: NASA/ASTID Funding Period: July 30, 2012 to September 30, 2017 Total funding: $859,510

5. Mars Science Laboratory Phase E Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno Co-I: None Sponsor: NASA Funding Period: November 1st, 2011 to December 24th, 2017 Total funding: $900,000 (approximately)

6. The brines of the Phoenix landing site, the potential for life to adapt to them, and the implications for life elsewhere Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno Co-I: Bruce P. Block Sponsor: NASA/Exobiology Funding Period: January 1st, 2011 to December 31st, 2016 Total funding: $1,050,000

7. Synergistic Use Telecommunications Systems to Conduct Bistatic Radar

Observations for Planetary Science Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno Co-I: None Sponsor: JPL Funding Period: November 1st, 2011 to September 25, 2016 Total funding: $150,000 (approximately)

8. Icing Detection System Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno Co-I: None Sponsor: NSF/IIP Funding Period: November 1st, 2015 to October 05, 2016 Total funding: $50,000

9. Validation of the Bistatic radar and Radiometry Investigation of the NEar Subsurface (BRINES) Instrument Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno Co-Is: Sami Asmar, Chris Ruf, Todd Gaier, Leslie Tamppari Sponsor: NASA/ASTID Funding Period: September 1, 2013 to August 30, 2014 Total funding: $25,000

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10. The Charge Tracker Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno Co-I: None Sponsor: NSF/Innovation-Corps (to assess the readiness of emerging technology concepts for transitioning into valuable new products) Funding Period: July 1st, 2012 to December 31st, 2013 Total funding: $50,000

11. Aerosols-Climate Interactions: Characterization of Saltation, Dust

Lifting, and Dust Electrification in Important Dust Source Regions Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno Co-I: None Sponsor: NSF Funding Period: July 1st, 2011 to June 30th, 2014 Total funding: $851,481

12. DREAMS: Dust characterization, Risk assessment and Environment

Analyser on the Martian Surface) Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno (Italian PI: Dr. Francesca Esposito) Sponsor: ESA/NASA Funding Period: November 1st, 2011 to December 31st, 2017 Total funding: 0

13. Experiment on a Long-duration Stratospheric Balloon

Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno Co-I: None Sponsor: NASA/PIDDP Funding Period: September 1st, 2010 to August 31st, 2011 Total funding: $145,000

14. A Prototype System for Electrical and Meteorological Measurements in

Convective Vortices Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno Co-I: None. Sponsor: NSF/EAGER Funding Period: September 1st, 2009 to August 31st, 2010 Total funding: $85,000

15. An Electric Field Sensor for Dusty Environments

Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno Co-I: Harold Kirkham (JPL) Sponsor: NASA/PIDDP Funding Period: June 1st, 2007 to May 31st, 2010 Total funding: $681,167

16. Monitoring Microdischarges from Martian Dust Storms During DSN Downlinks

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Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno Co-I: None Sponsor: JPL Funding Period: August 1st, 2009 to July 31st, 2010 Total funding: $46,000

17. Threshold Electric Field Detector Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno Co-I: Steven Rogacki Sponsor: State of Michigan (MUCI) Funding Period: September 1st, 2008 to August 31st, 2009 Total funding: $38,000

18. In-Situ Studies of Terrestrial Dust Devils and Ambient Meteorology:

Applications to Mars Climate Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno Sponsor: NASA/MFRP Funding Period: April 1st, 2008 to March 31st, 2011 Total funding: $110,000

19. MSL MLE Site-Alteration and Dust Lifting Test Program

Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno Co-I: None Sponsor: JPL Funding Period: August 1st, 2008 to July 31st, 2009 Total funding: $35,000

20. Multidisciplinary System Engineering: Development of a Balloon Payload

for Electric Field Measurements in the Stratosphere Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno Co-I: Jeffrey L Hall (JPL) Sponsor: JPL Funding Period: September 1st, 2008 to August 31st, 2009 Total funding: $25,000

21. A Miniature Sensor for Electrical Field Measurements in Dusty

Environments Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno Co-I: Harold Kirkham (JPL) Sponsor: JPL Funding Period: September 1st, 2007 to August 31st, 2008 Total funding: $25,000

22. Multidisciplinary System Engineering: The Development of Parametric Models and Laboratory Testbeds for Space Exploration Principal Investigator: Robert Easter (JPL)

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Co-I: Nilton Renno Sponsor: JPL Funding Period: January 1st, 2007 to December 31st, 2007 Total funding: $50,000 UM funding: $25,000

23. Plume-Ground Soil Interaction Study due to Pulse-Modulated Descent Engines at Low Ambient Pressure Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno Co-I: None Sponsor: Lockheed Martin Corporation Funding Period: January 1st, 2007 to December 31st, 2007 Total funding: $50,000

24. Practicum in a Multi-Disciplinary World: A Proposal for an Interdisciplinary Practicum Concentration Initiative Principal Investigator: Brian Gilchrist Co-I: Nilton Renno (Lead of the Space Exploration Concentration) Sponsor: UM Provost Funding Period: January 1st, 2007 to December 31st, 2008 Total funding: $500,000

25. Aerosol-Climate Interactions: Development and Tests of a Dust Lifting

Model Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno Co-I: None. Sponsor: NSF Funding Period: December 1st, 2006 to November 30th, 2009 Total funding: $434,580

26. Plume-Ground Soil Interactions Study Due to Pulse-Modulated Descent

Engines at Low Ambient Pressure Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno Co-I: None. Sponsor: NASA/GSRP Funding Period: September 12th, 2006 to September 11th, 2007 (1st year) Total funding: $125,700

27. Concept Development Toolkit

Principal Investigator: Robert Easter Co-I: Nilton Renno Sponsor: JPL Funding Period: December 1st, 2005 to September 30th, 2006 Total funding: $8,500

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28. University Nanosat Program: Teather System Assessment Through Teaming (TSATT) Principal Investigator: Brian Gilchrist Co-I: Peter D. Washabaugh and Nilton Renno Sponsor: DOD –Air Force Funding Period: October 1st, 2005 to September 30th, 2007 Total funding: $200,000

29. A Mars Whole Atmospheric Climate Model: Development and Applications Principal Investigator: Stephen Bougher Co-I: Nilton Renno Sponsor: NSF Funding Period: October 1st, 2005 to September 31st, 2010 Total funding: $573,078

30. Aerosol-Climate Interactions: The Relationship between Desert Dust and

Atmospheric Convection Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno Co-I: Vincent Abreu Sponsor: NSF Funding Period: August 1st, 2004 to July 31st, 2007 Total funding: $466,731

31. Atmospheric Studies in Support of the Phoenix Mission

Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno (Phoenix Mission Co-Investigator) Co-Is: None Sponsor: NASA Funding Period: September 2003 – September 2009 Total funding: $700,000

32. Rover Environnemental Monitoring Station (REMS)

Sponsor: Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology and NASA Principal Investigator: Luis V. Martínez, CAB, Madrid, Spain Co-Is: A.-M. Harri (Finish Meteorological Institute, Finland), R. Haberle (NASA/Ames), J. Martinez-Friaz (Centro de Astrobiologia, Spain), N. Renno (UM), M. Richardson (Caltech), F. Valero (Universidad Complutense, Spain) Sponsor: NASA/Spanish Minister of Science and Technology Funding Period: October 1st, 2005 to December 31st, 2011 Total funding: $20,000,000 (Contribution from the Spanish Government) Renno budget: 60,000/year (negotiable on a year by year basis)

33. Bridging the Gap between Robotic and Human Exploration of Mars

Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno Co-I: None Sponsor: NASA/JPL

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Funding Period: January 1st, 2004 to December 31st, 2005 Total funding: $155,000

34. Aerosols-Climate Interactions: The Relationship Between Desertification,

Aerosols and Climate in the Caucasus Principal Investigator: Gocha Didebulidze (Georgian Academy of Sciences) Co-Is: Vincent Abreu and Nilton Renno Sponsor: ISTC (State Department) Funding Period: January 1st, 2005 to December 1st, 2005 Total funding: $200,000. UM funding: $68,000

35. A Student Get-Away Special Space Shuttle Experiment to Demonstrate

Cold-Cathode Field Emitter Technology in Space (FEGI) Principal Investigator: Brian Gilchrist Co-Is: Nilton Renno and Peter D. Washabaugh Sponsor: DOD –Air Force Funding Period: January 2003 to February 2005 Total funding: $99,991

36. University of Michigan Meteorology Instrument for the Phoenix Mars

Mission Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno Co-Is: None Sponsor: NASA Funding Period: December 2002 to May 2003 Total funding: $30,000 from NASA, $20,000 in matching funds

37. Simultaneous Observations of Martian Dust Events with the Very Large Array (VLA) and Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Instruments. Principal Investigator: Nilton Renno Co-I: S. Atreya, A.-S. Wong, I. dePater, G. Delory, R.J. Sault, B. Cantor, Sponsor: NRAO Funding Period: Oct. 1st, 2005 to Dec. 31st, 2005 Total funding: N/A –48 hours of observation time with the VLA

38. Educational Program –Gifts & discretionary funds to support my

educational activities Sponsors: Northrop Grumman (NG), General Motors (GM), College of Engineering Funding Period: Unlimited (Donation) Total funding: $50,000 from NG, $20,000 from GM, and $20,000 from CoE,

$150,000 from Ford, $20,000 from Aerospace Corp.

39. Campaign Methodologies for Exploration-Driven System-of-Systems Architectures

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Principal Investigator: M. Marshall, Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA Sponsor: NASA Funding Period: May 14, 2005 to May 14, 2007 Total funding: $3,798,269 Renno budget: $449,286 (The NASA program was cancelled)

RECENT AND UPCOMING TALKS Presentations at National and International Conferences The UM Road Condition Monitoring Technology, “Tus Star—Tus International” Intelligent and Connected Vehicle Incubation Accelerator Program & The Opening Ceremony of Intelligent Connected Vehicle Incubator. Beijing, PRC, November 6, 2017. Space Robots –Panel Member, AIAA Intelligent Systems Workshop, Ann Arbor, MI, July 26-27, 2017. Experimental Confirmation of Liquid Brines on Mars, AGU Fall Meeting, December 15, 2015. San Francisco, CA (Presented by Erik Fischer). Aviation, Space Exploration, and Icing Detection. NBAA Conference, November 18, 2015. Las Vegas, NV.

Review of the MEPAG Report on Mars Special Regions. COSPAR Panel on Planetary Protection Colloquium, September 22, 2015, Bern, Switzerland.

“The Phoenix discoveries and its astrobiological implications” Keynote talk at the Sao Paulo Advanced School of Astrobiology, Sao Paulo, Brazil, December 16, 2011.

“Evidence for deliquescence and liquid water on Mars” Invited presentation at the Sixth Annual Conference on the Physics, Chemistry and Biology of Water, West Dover, VT, October 21, 2011. “Spectral Evidence for Liquid Water on Mars” EGU 2011, Vienna, Austria, April 6, 2011. “Spectral Evidence for Liquid Water on Mars” LPSC 2011, Woodland, Texas, March 10, 2011. “The Discovery of Liquid Water on Mars and Its Implications” Prague, Czech Republic, September 29, 2010. “Following the Water and Finding Liquid Brines on Mars” Prague, Czech Republic, September 29, 2010.

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“Electrical Activity and Dust Lifting on Earth, Mars and Beyond” Keynote Speaker at the 32nd Annual International EOS/ESD Symposium and Exhibits, Reno, NV, October 5th, 2010. “Deliquescence, Liquid Water, and the Search for Sources and Sinks of Methane on Mars” SPIE Conference on Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology XIII, San Diego, CA, August 4th, 2010. “Deliquescence and Liquid Water on Mars” El Escorial Summer School, Madrid, Spain, July 15, 2010. “Do Brines Make The Viking 2 Landing Site Habitable?” Astrobiology Science Conference, League City, TX, April 26-29, 2010.

“To Search For Life on Mars: Follow the Brines” Astrobiology Science Conference, League City, TX, April 26-29, 2010. “A Portable Instrument for Atmospheric Measurements” 41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Woodlands, TX, March 1-5, 2010.

“A Generalization of Bernoulli's Equation to Convective Vortices” 41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Woodlands, TX, March 1-5, 2010.

“The Discovery of Liquid Water on Mars and its Implications for Astrobiology.” Keynote Speaker at the International Electric Propulsion Conference (IEPC), Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 23, 2009. “Physical and Thermodynamical Evidence for Liquid Water on Mars.” American Chemical Society, National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16, 2009. “The Discovery of Liquid Water on Mars and its implications for Astrobiology.” SPIE Conference on Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology XII, San Diego, CA, August 5th, 2009. “Independent Physical and Thermodynamical Evidence for Liquid Water on Mars.” Third International Workshop on the Mars Atmosphere: Modeling and Observations, Williamsburg, November 11, 2008. “Detecting Thermals Remotely.” OSTIV Congress, Berlin, Germany, August 12, 2008.

“Electrostatics and Dust Lifting on Earth, Mars, and Beyond.” Keynote speaker at the Electrostatics Society of America Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, June 17-19, 2008.

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“Evidence for deliquescence and liquid water on Mars” AGU Fall Meeting, December 15, 2008. “Brines on Mars” Phoenix Science Team Meeting #16, December 13, 2008. “Evidence for deliquescence and liquid water on Mars: Reply to Mike Hecht’s Critique” Phoenix Eng of Sol Meeting, November 20, 2008. “Evidence for deliquescence and liquid water on Mars” Center for Astrobiology, Madrid, Spain, November 17, 2008. “Salts in Mars Meteorites and Antarctica” Phoenix End of Sol Meeting, November 12, 2008. “Evidence for deliquescence and liquid water on Mars” AOSS Department Seminar, Ann Arbor, MI October 23, 2008. “The Evidence for Liquid Water on Mars” Michigan Space Grant Consortium Annual Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI, October 18, 2008. “Evidence for Deliquescence and Liquid Water on Mars” EAPS/MIT Department Seminar, Cambridge, MA, September 10, 2008. “Physical and Thermodynamical Evidence for Deliquescence and Liquid Water on Mars” Department Seminar, University of Paris VI, Paris, France, August 19, 2008. “Physical and Thermodynamical Evidence for Deliquescence and Liquid Water on Mars” Department Seminar, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, August 5, 2008. “Evidence de Agua Liquida em Marte” Ipua, Brazil, July 26, 2008. “Deliquescent Salts at the Phoenix Landing Site –A Testable Hypothesis” Phoenix End of Sol Meeting #49, Tucson, AZ, 2008. “Should we Test the Hypothesis that the Ice Has Been Melting” Phoenix End of Sol Meeting #34, Tucson, AZ, 2008. “Understanding Dodo’s Ice” Phoenix End of Sol Meeting, Tucson, AZ, 2008. “Do We Have Evidence of Ice that Melted” Phoenix End of Sol Meeting #26, Tucson, AZ, 2008. “How Can we Maximize the Probability of (Mission) Success” Phoenix End of Sol Meeting #26, Tucson, AZ, 2008.

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“Scaling in Comparative Planetary Sciences.” Symposium in honor of Professor Peter H. Stone. MIT, Cambridge, MA, December 7, 2007.

Presentations at Special Events “Discussion on Technology and Education as guest of Embraer’s Project Vivencias.” Embraer, São Jose dos Campos, SP, Brazil, June 21, 2016. “Black Ice Detector” at Embraer’s Division of Technology and Development. São Jose dos Campos, SP, Brazil, June 21, 2016. “Black Ice Detector” at Event for Business Leaders for Michigan hosted by UM President Mark Schlissel –Ann Arbor Entrepreneurial Eco-System BLM Member Tour. Ann Arbor, MI, April 26, 2016. “Mars Exploration” Post-Film Discussion at the Michigan Theater, following Science on the Screen show of “The Martian.” Ann Arbor, MI, April 20, 2016.

“Opportunities and Rewards in Space Exploration” Keynote speaker at Yuri’s Night, University of Michigan Department of Aerospace Engineering Leadership Award Ceremony. Ann Arbor, MI, April 12, 2016.

“Exploração Espacial: Motivações, Riscos e Recompensas.” Seminário Embraer de Tecnologia e Inovação. Keynote speaker at the opening of the event. São Jose dos Campos, SP, Brazil, June 3, 2014. “Explorando a Geoquímica de Marte com o Robô ‘Curiosity’” Keynote Speaker – XIV Congresso Brasileiro de Geoquímica, Diamantina, Brazil, October 16, 2013.

“Explorando Marte com o Robô ‘Curiosity’” Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, São Jose dos Campos, SP, Brazil, August 6, 2013.

“Encontro com o Cientista Nilton Rennó” Programa Decolar da Rede Municipal de Ensino, São Jose dos Campos, SP, Brazil, August 5, 2013.

“The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover” Saturday Morning Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, March 16, 2013.

“Explorando Marte com o Robô ‘Curiosity’” Associação Aeroespacial Brasileira, São Jose dos Campos, Brazil, March 7, 2013.

“Explorando Marte com o Robô ‘Curiosity’” ETAPA, São Paulo, Brazil, March 5, 2013. “Space Exploration: Mars and Beyond” Knight-Wallace Fellows at Michigan, Wallace House, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, February 7, 2013.

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“The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover” Immortal ConFusion, Dearborn, MI, January 20, 2013. “The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover” U–M Retirees Association, Ann Arbor, MI, January 10, 2013.

“The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover” Michigan Theater –Science on Screen Series, Ann Arbor, MI, January 9, 2013. “The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover” University Lowbrow Astronomers, Ann Arbor, MI, September 28, 2012. “Exploração Espacial e a Missão Phoenix” Prefeitura Municipal, São Jose dos Campos, SP, Brazil, June 19, 2012. “The Phoenix discoveries and its astrobiological implications” University Lowbrow Astronomers, Ann Arbor, MI, March 16, 2012.

“The Phoenix discoveries and its astrobiological implications” CATP Virtual Seminar, Canadian Astrobiology Group, February 8, 2012.

“The brines of Mars and its astrobiological implications” Invited Presentation, LSA Honors Lunch, Ann Arbor, MI, November 7, 2011. “Water and Life – On Mars and Beyond” Science Café, Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, Ann Arbor, MI, November 16, 2011.

“How does finding water on Mars help us solve problems on Earth” University of Michigan –College of Engineering Bay Area Event, San Francisco, CA, October 14, 2011. “Deliquescence and Liquid Water on Mars” Saturday Morning Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, February 19, 2011.

“Deliquescence and Liquid Water on Mars” Greenhills School, Ann Arbor, MI, February 11, 2011. “Deliquescence and Liquid Water on Mars” Milan High School, Milan, MI, December 9, 2010. “Electric Activity and Dust Lifting on Earth, Mars and Beyond” Feira do Joven Empreendedor, Sao Jose dos Campos, SP, Brazil, October 21, 2010. “A Descoberta de Agua Liquida em Marte” Feira do Joven Empreendedor, Sao Jose dos Campos, SP, Brazil, October 21, 2010.

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A Descoberta de Água Liquida em Marte, EMFE Vera Babo, São Jose dos Campos, Brazil, October 22, 2010. “Exploração Espacial: A Descoberta de Água em Marte” Seniors, Colégio Engenheiro Juarez de Siqueira Britto Wanderley, Eugenio de Melo, Brazil, August 16, 2010. “Exploração Espacial: A Descoberta de Água em Marte” Juniors, Colégio Engenheiro Juarez de Siqueira Britto Wanderley, Eugenio de Melo, Brazil, August 13, 2010.

“Exploração Espacial: A Descoberta de Água em Marte” Instituto Pandavas, Monteiro Lobato, Brazil, August 12, 2010.

“Exploração Espacial: A Descoberta de Água em Marte” Colégio Poliedro, São José dos Campos, Brazil, August 6, 2010. “Exploração Espacial: A Descoberta de Água em Marte” TV Vanguarda, São José dos Campos, Brazil, July 28, 2010. “Exploração Espacial: A Descoberta de Água em Marte” CEDEMP Centro de Educação Empreendedora, São José dos Campos, Brazil, July 28, 2010.

“Finding Liquid Water on Mars.” Keynote Speaker, Ann Arbor Flyers Annual Meeting. Ann Arbor, March 10, 2010. “The Truth is Out There: Finding Water on Mars.” The University of Michigan MLibrary Spotlight Series, Ann Arbor, March 8, 2010. “The Science and Engineering of Space Exploration.” The University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Tech Day. November 2009. “Light in the Cosmos.” Presentation and Panel Discussion at the Art College Berlin-Weiβensee, Berlin Germany, October 22, 2009.

“Evidence for Deliquescence and Liquid Water on Mars.” Life in the Cosmos Panel, SPIE Conference on Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology XII, San Diego, CA, August 4, 2009. “Phoenix and the Discovery of Evidence for Liquid Water on Mars.” Lecture at El Escorial Summer School, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain, June 13-17, 2009. “A Descoberta de Agua Liquida em Marte.” University Seminar, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil, July 6, 2009.

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“Engenharia e Ciencia: Um Exemplo de Carreira Multidisciplinar.” Colegio Engenheiro Juarez de Siqueira Britto Wanderley, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, June 22, 2009. “Engenharia e Ciencia para Exploracao Espacial.” Colegio Engenheiro Juarez de Siqueira Britto Wanderley, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, June 22, 2009. “The Science and Engineering of Space Exploration” Speaker at the College of Engineering Tech Day, November 8, 2008. “Evidence for Liquid Water on Mars” Keynote speaker at the Thirteenth Annual Michigan Space Grant Conference, October 18, 2008. Panelist on “Education and Space Exploration” at the SPRL at 60 Celebration. University of Michigan, October 17, 2008. “Evidence for Liquid Water on Mars” Keynote speaker at the CVV-CTA dinner in Ipuã, Brazil, June 26, 2008. “Exploring the atmosphere of the earth and other planets” Keynote speaker at the celebration of 50th Anniversary of the CVV-CTA and the 25th Anniversary of Ipuã, Brazil, August 18th, 2007. Department Seminars and Colloquia

“Exploring Mars with the Curiosity Rover” Colloquium and Public Event, Osservatorio Astronomico Capodimonte, Naples, Italy, May 12, 2015.

“Exploring Mars with the Curiosity Rover” Colloquium, Observatório Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, August 7, 2013.

“Exploring Mars with the Curiosity Rover” Physics Colloquium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, October 17, 2012. “Dust lifting and the effects of aerosols on clouds and climate” Applied Physics, University of Michigan, January 18, 2012. “Dust lifting and the effects of aerosols on clouds and climate” Earth and Environmental Science, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, December 9, 2012. “Deliquescence and Liquid Water on Mars” Astro-AOSS-GeoSci Symposium, University of Michigan, April 20, 2011. “Electric Activity and Dust Lifting on Earth, Mars and Beyond” NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, January 11, 2011.

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“Deliquescence and Liquid Water on Mars”, Seminário na Divisão de Astrofísica do INPE, São Jose dos Campos, October 19, 2010. “Deliquescence and Liquid Water on Mars” Cursos de Verano de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain, July 15, 2010. “Evidence for Liquid Saline Water on Mars” ESTEC/ESA (European Space Agency), Noordwijk, Netherlands, July 9, 2010.

“Deliquescence and Liquid Saline Water on Mars.” Adlershofer Planetenseminar, DLR Institut für Planetenforschung, Berlin, Germany, October 26, 2009. “Deliquescence and Liquid Saline Water on Mars.” Applied Physics Seminar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, September 30, 2009.

“Physical and Thermodynamical Evidence for Liquid Water on Mars.” Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, May 5, 2009. “Physical and Thermodynamical Evidence for Liquid Water on Mars.” Science Lecture Series, NASA Headquarters, Washington DC, April 22, 2009. “Physical and Thermodynamical Evidence for Liquid Water on Mars.” Alumni/Shell Oil Company Distinguished Lecture Series, Department of Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, April 2, 2009. “Physical and Thermodynamical Evidence for Liquid Water on Mars.” Centro de Astrobiology, Madrid, Spain, November 17, 2008. “Physical and Thermodynamical Evidence for Liquid Water on Mars.” Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, University of Michigan, October 23, 2008.

“Physical and Thermodynamical Evidence for Liquid Water on Mars.” Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Sciences, MIT, September 10, 2008.

“Physical and Thermodynamical Evidence for Liquid Water on Mars.” Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Université Paris 6, France, August 19, 2008.

“Physical and Thermodynamical Evidence for Liquid Water on Mars.” Subdepartment of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford, UK, August 5, 2008.

“Exploring the Martian Atmosphere.” Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, November 12, 2007.

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“Atmospheric Vortices: Theory, Dust Transport and Electrification.” Division of Planetary Sciences, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, February 27, 2007.

“Atmospheric Vortices: Theory, Dust Transport and Electrification.” Department of Physics and Astronomy, Open University, UK, December 14, 2006.

“Atmospheric Heat Engines.” Subdepartment of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford, UK, November 9, 2006.

“Atmospheric Vortices: Theory, Dust Transport, and Electrification.” Mars Simulation Laboratory, University of Arhaus, Denmark, October 30, 2006.

“Multiple Equilibria and the Runaway Greenhouse in Moist Atmospheres.” Non-Linear GFD Seminar, University of Oxford, October 24, 2006.

“Atmospheric Vortices: Theory, Dust Transport, and Electrification.” Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, UK, October 9, 2006.

“Atmospheric Sciences and Engineering Design: A Few Highlights.” Annual Retreat, Subdepartment of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford, UK, September 29, 2006. Presentations at Workshops and Project Meetings The UM Road Monitoring Technology, Presentation to Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, May 7, 2018. The UM Aircraft Icing Detection Technology, Presentation to Honeywell, Ann Arbor, MI, March 5, 2018. The UM Road Monitoring Technology, Presentation at GM’s Technical Center, Warren, MI, April 3, 2018 The UM Aircraft Icing Detection Technology, Presentation to United Technologies Corp Aerospace Systems, Ann Arbor, MI, March 21, 2018. The UM Icing Detection Technology, Presentation to Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Ann Arbor, MI, March 9, 2017. The UM Icing Detection Technology, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI, March 2, 2017.

The UM Icing Detection Technology, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI, January 27, 2017.

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The UM Electric Field Sensor, Consolidated Edison, Manhattan, NY, January 7, 2016. The UM Electric Field Sensor, RG&E, Binghamton, NY, December 15, 2015. The UM Electric Field Sensor, BG&E, Baltimore, MD, December 8, 2015. “Dust Lifting and Aerosols in the Owens Lake Salty Playa” DREAMS Project Meeting, Naples, Italy, May 13, 2015. “Phase Diagram for Water” Mars Special Regions review workshop, Irvine, CA, February 12-13, 2015. “Deliquescence ” Mars Special Regions review workshop, Irvine, CA, February 12-13, 2015.

“Atmospheric Composition and Pressure” Mars Special Regions review workshop, Potsdam, Germany, December 16-17, 2014. “Recurring Slope Lineae (RSL), Gullies and Craters” Mars Special Regions review workshop, Potsdam, Germany, December 16-17, 2014. “Significance of Deliquescence in the Martian Natural Environment” Mars Special Regions review workshop, Potsdam, Germany, December 16-17, 2014. “Contemporary Snow Deposition” Mars Special Regions review workshop, Potsdam, Germany, December 16-17, 2014. Is Yellowknife Bay a Net Source of Water? MSL Science Meeting, March 5, 2013. Aqueous Processes at Gale? MSL Science Meeting, February 28, 2013. “Clouds, Hazards, and Aerosols Survey for Earth Researchers (CHASER).” Project Team Meeting. DLR, Bremen, February 24, 2012. “Clouds, Hazards, and Aerosols Survey for Earth Researchers (CHASER).” Project Team Meeting. Free University of Berlin, Berlin, February 23, 2012.

“Studying Aerosols with MAGI-L.” Earth Venture-1 Proposal Workshop. Aerospace Corp, El Segundo, CA, October 13, 2011.

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“Clouds, Hazards, and Aerosols Survey for Earth Researchers (CHASER).” Red Team Proposal Review. NASA/GRC, Cleveland, August 12, 2011. “Clouds, Hazards, and Aerosols Survey for Earth Researchers (CHASER).” Compass Mission Design. NASA/GRC, Cleveland, June 20, 2011.

“Clouds, Hazards, and Aerosols Survey for Earth Researchers (CHASER).” CoE Proposal Review Workshop. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, June 3, 2011.

“Clouds, Hazards, and Aerosols Survey for Earth Researchers (CHASER).” Proposal Review Workshop. NASA/GRC, Cleveland, May 23, 2011. “Climate, Hurricanes and Aerosols Survey for Earth Researchers (CHASER).” Earth Venture-2 Proposal Workshop. NASA/GRC, Cleveland, March 4, 2011.

“Trace Gas Microwave Radiometer (TGMR).” Proposal Review at CoE. Ann Arbor, April 9, 2010. “Trace Gas Microwave Radiometer (TGMR).” Proposal Review at CoE. Ann Arbor, April 9, 2010. “Trace Gas Microwave Radiometer (TGMR).” Proposal Review at JPL. Pasadena, March 11, 2010. “The University of Michigan Electric Field Sensor and Balloon Payload” Lunar dust, plasma and atmosphere: The next steps" January 29, 2010, Boulder, CO. “Dust, Salts, Clouds and Water: Some Results from Phoenix and Implications for MSL” REMS Science Team Meeting, Madrid, Spain, November 18, 2008. “Deliquescent Salts at the Phoenix Landing Site? -A Testable Hypothesis” Phoenix End-of-Sol Presentation, Tucson, August 26, 2008. “Should we Test the Hypothesis that Ice has been Melting at the Landing Site?” Phoenix End-of-Sol Presentation, Tucson, June 29, 2008. “Do We Have Evidence of Ice That Melted?” Phoenix End-of-Sol Presentation, Tucson, June 21, 2008. “How Can We Maximize The Probability of (Mission) Success?” Phoenix End-of-Sol Presentation, Tucson, June 20, 2008. “ASTG Request for Sol 21” Phoenix End-of-Sol Presentation, Tucson, June 13, 2008. “ASTG’s Campaigns” Phoenix End-of-Sol Presentation, Tucson, June 11, 2008.

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“Is Martian Saltation Giant?” Phoenix End-of-Sol Presentation, Tucson, June 9, 2008. “More on Cratering & Splashing During Landing (Phoenix)” Phoenix End-of-Sol Presentation, Tucson, June 8, 2008. “Cratering & Splashing During Landing (Phoenix)” Phoenix End-of-Sol Presentation, Tucson, June 7, 2008. “Dust lifting on Mars, Earth and beyond” Workshop on Mars’ Planetary Boundary Layer organized by the International Space Science Institute (ISSI). Bern, Switzerland, 13-18 May, 2008. “Atmospheric Science Campaigns for REMS” REMS Science Team Meeting, Madrid, April 2008. “Electrostatics and Thermal Effects on the Lunar Surface” UCLA-JPL Lunar Science Workshop, February 25, 2008. “Electric activity and dust lifting on earth and beyond” Workshop on Planetary Atmospheric Electricity jointly organized by the Europlanet Network and the International Space Science Institute (ISSI). Bern, Switzerland, 23-27 July 2007. “A miniature sensor for electrical field measurements in dusty planetary atmospheres.” Electrostatics 2007, Oxford, UK, March 25-29, 2007. “TECP Calibration.” Phoenix 10th Science Team Meeting. Tucson, AZ, October 16-17, 2006. Sample Delivery Experiments. Phoenix 10th Science Team Meeting. Tucson, AZ, October 16-17, 2006.

“Mars Balloon Mission: Science Goals and Requirements.” Lockheed Martin Corporation, Waterton, CO, October 19, 2006.

“Wind and temperature measurements at the surface of Mars: Primary science objectives.” REMS 3rd Science Team Meeting, CAB, Madrid, November 28-29, 2006.

TEACHING (at University of Michigan only)

Teaching Evaluation

Q1 = Course value Q2 = Instructor value

Maximum score = 5.0

Fall 2015 • AERO 582, Spacecraft Technology, 24 students, 4 credits

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Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 4.63, Q2: 4.33 • AERO 590, Space Systems Project, 1 student, 4 credits

Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 4.0, Q2: 5.0 Winter 2015

• AERO 583, Spacecraft Management, 32 students, 4 credits Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 4.0, Q2: 4.3

• AERO 590, Space Systems Project, 5 students, 4 credits Teacher Evaluation: Q1: NA, Q2: NA

Fall 2014

• AERO 582, Spacecraft Technology, 30 students, 4 credits Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 3.5, Q2: 3.8

• AERO 590, Space Systems Project, 10 students, 4 credits Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 4.0, Q2: 5.0

Winter 2014

• AERO 583, Spacecraft Management, 23 students, 4 credits Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 4.0, Q2: 3.83

• AERO 590, Space Systems Project, 5 students, 4 credits Teacher Evaluation: Q1: NA, Q2: NA

Fall 2013

• AERO 582, Spacecraft Technology, 28 students, 4 credits Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 3.67, Q2: 3.80

• AERO 590, Space Systems Project, 5 students, 4 credits Teacher Evaluation: Q1: NA, Q2: NA

Winter 2013

• AERO 583, Spacecraft Management, 22 students, 4 credits Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 3.25, Q2: 3.00

• AOSS 499, Directed Study, 2 students, 1-16 credits Teacher Evaluation: NA

• AOSS 590, Space Systems Projects, 2 students, 4 credits Teacher Evaluation: NA

Winter 2012

• AOSS 350, Atmospheric Thermodynamics, 12 students, 4 credits Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 4.83, Q2: 4.93

• ENG 450, Multidisciplinary Design, 5 students, 4 credits Teacher Evaluation: NA

• AOSS 701, Special Problems, 3 students, 1-16 credits Teacher Evaluation: NA

Fall 2011

• ENG 450, Multidisciplinary Design, 3 students, 4 credits

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Teacher Evaluation: NA • ENG 455, Multidisciplinary Design II, 1 student, 4 credits

Teacher Evaluation: NA • ENG 456, Mentorship Leadership, 1 student, 1-3 credits

Teacher Evaluation: NA • ENG 499, Independent Study, 1 student, 1-16 credits

Teacher Evaluation: NA Winter 2011

• ENG 450, Multidisciplinary Design, 36 students, 4 credits Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 4.50, Q2: 4.50

• ENG 455, Multidisciplinary Design II, 2 students, 4 credits Teacher Evaluation: NA

• ENG 456, Mentorship Leadership, 1 students, 4 credits Teacher Evaluation: NA

• AOSS 701, Special Problems, 2 students, 4 credits Teacher Evaluation: NA

Fall 2010

• ENG 450, Multidisciplinary Design, 18 students, 4 credits Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 4.17, Q2: 4.50

• ENG 455, Multidisciplinary Design, 2 students, 4 credits Teacher Evaluation: NA

Winter 2010

• ENG 450, Multidisciplinary Design, 26 students, 4 credits Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 4.75, Q2: 4.75

• ENG 455, Multidisciplinary Design, 4 students, 4 credits Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 4.50, Q2: 4.50

Fall 2009 • ENG 450, Multidisciplinary Design, 16 students, 4 credits

Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 4.75, Q2: 4.75 Winter 2009

• ENG 450, Multidisciplinary Design, 21 students, 4 credits Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 4.00, Q2: 4.00

• AOSS 749, A&S Seminar, 8 students, 1 credit Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 4.33, Q2: 4.50

• AOSS 499, Directed Study, 1 student Teacher Evaluation: NA

Fall 2008

• AOSS 749, A&S Seminar, 14 students, 1 credit Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 4.63, Q2: 4.75

• ENG 390, Multidisciplinary Design, 9 students, 4 credits

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Teacher Evaluation: Q1: NA, Q2: NA • AOSS 499, Directed Study, 1 student

Winter 2008

• ENG 450, Multidisciplinary Design, 21 students, 4 credits Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 4.71, Q2: 4.58

• AOSS 749, A&S Seminar, 23 students, 1 credit Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 3.80, Q2: 3.67

• AOSS 499, Directed Study, 3 students, 3 credits • AOSS 701, Special Problems, 3 students, 3 credits

Teacher Evaluation: Q1: NA, Q2: NA Fall 2007

• AOSS 411, Clouds and Precipitation, 13 students, 3 credits Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 3.60, Q2: 3.75

• ENG 390, Special Topics: Multidisciplinary Design, 10 students, 3 credits Teacher Evaluation: Q1: NA, Q2: NA

• AOSS 749, A&S Seminar, 27 students, 1 credit Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 3.95, Q2: 3.93

• AOSS 499, Directed Study, 1 student • AOSS 995, Dissertation Candidate, 1 student • APPPHYS 995, Dissertation Candidate, 1 student

Winter 2007

• ENG 450, Multidisciplinary Design, 21 students, 4 credits Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 4.95, Q2: 4.75

• AOSS 499, Directed Study, 2 students • AOSS 990, Dissertation Pre-Candidate, 1 student • APPPHYS 995, Dissertation Candidate, 1 student

Fall 2006 (Sabbatical)

• AOSS 701, Special Problems, 1 student • APPPHYS 995, Dissertation Candidate, 1 student • AOSS 499, Directed Study, 4 students

Winter 2006

• ENG 450, Multidisciplinary Design, 19 students, 4 credits Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 4.69, Q2: 4.69

• APPPHYS 995, Dissertation Candidate, 1 student • AOSS 990, Dissertation Pre-Candidate, 1 student • AOSS 499, Directed Study, 4 students

Fall 2005 • AOSS 414, Weather Systems, 9 students, 4 credits

Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 4.25, Q2: 4.17 • AOSS 499, Directed Study, 8 students

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• AOSS 499, Direct Study, 1 student Winter 2005

• ENG 450, Multidisciplinary Design, 26 students, 4 credits Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 4.54, Q2: 4.40

• AOSS 701, Special Problems, 3 students • AOSS 321, Earth Systems Dynamics, 25 students, 4 credits

Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 3.38, Q2: 4.00

Fall 2004 • AOSS 414, Weather Systems, 11 students, 4 credits

Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 4.70, Q2: 4.93 Winter 2004

• ENG 450, Multidisciplinary Design, 18 students, 4 credits Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 4.79, Q2: 4.30

• AOSS 411, Cloud and Precipitation, 12 students, 4 credits Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 4.25, Q2: 4.40

• AOSS 499, Directed Study, 1 student • EECS 599, Directed Study, 1 student • AOSS 990, Dissertation Pre-Candidate, 2 students

Fall 2003 • AOSS 414, Weather Systems, 7 students, 4 credits (check)

Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 4.25, Q2: 4.50 • AOSS 605, Current Topics, 4 students, 4 credits (check)

Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 4.50, Q2: 5.00 • EECS 599, Directed Study, 1 student

AOSS 990, Dissertation Pre-Candidate, 2 students

Winter 2003 • AOSS 701, Special Problems, 3 students

AOSS 990, Dissertation Pre-Candidate, 2 students

Fall 2002 • AOSS 414, Weather Systems, 15 students, 4 credits

Teacher Evaluation: Q1: 3.94, Q2: 4.69

Fall 1995 to Summer 2002 • I thought a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses at the University

of Arizona. Student feedbacks were similar to the ones I have been getting at the University of Michigan.

SAMPLE STUDENT COMMENTS (on teacher evaluation forms) • “It’s the best class.”

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• “Best teacher that I had at the University of Michigan.” • “Excellent teacher. Gave clear explanations, was always willing to meet

outside of class, and was very, very helpful. In all honesty one of the best teachers I ever had!!”

• “Seemed to have great knowledge of the subject matter.” • “The instructor was very approachable with questions and very through

with explanations.” • “The professor was well prepared for every class. Made sure we

understood everything before moving on. He had office hours and would meet at any other time to help with assignments and answer questions, very helpful.”

• “Prof. Renno got me to like dynamics… if that isn’t a miracle, I don’t know what it is. He is very patient and understanding, clear, and extremely accessible…”

• “Willing to take the time to make things clear and be helpful.”


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